Fighting for Injury Victims Who Deserve Better
If you were seriously injured on a construction site in Conejo Valley, you may be entitled to compensation well beyond workers' compensation. Third-party civil claims against general contractors, subcontractors, property owners, and equipment manufacturers can recover pain and suffering damages that workers' comp does not provide. Cal/OSHA violations on the site become powerful evidence of negligence, but the site may be cleaned up or modified quickly after an incident.Grew Up in the Conejo Valley
I grew up in Thousand Oaks, attended Thousand Oaks High School, and have spent my career representing injured residents across the Conejo Valley. I know the 101 corridor from the Kanan interchange to Moorpark Road, the East County Courthouse, and how insurance companies respond to well-documented claims out here. Curt Brown has represented injured workers in construction accident cases throughout Conejo Valley, identifying third-party defendants beyond the employer, pulling Cal/OSHA records, and recovering pain and suffering damages that workers' compensation alone cannot provide.
Why Your Case Is Different
The 101 through the Conejo Valley transitions between Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Cases arising from accidents in this corridor can involve both county court systems, traffic engineering by different municipal entities, and multi-jurisdictional government claim requirements.
Kanan Road connects the Conejo Valley to Pacific Coast Highway through rugged canyon terrain. Limited sight lines, narrow shoulders, and heavy motorcycle and cyclist use make it a consistent location for serious accidents. Multiple fatal crashes have occurred along this corridor.
Workers' compensation covers your medical bills and a portion of lost wages, but not pain and suffering. When a contractor, subcontractor, property owner, or equipment manufacturer's negligence caused your injury, a separate civil claim can recover the full scope of your losses.
California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) sets strict standards for fall protection, scaffolding, electrical safety, and equipment use on construction sites. Violations of these standards are powerful evidence of negligence in civil litigation.
Compensation Available in Your Case
Medical Expenses
Emergency care, surgery, and long-term rehabilitation for construction injury trauma.
Lost Wages & Earning Capacity
Third-party claims recover earnings that workers' comp does not fully replace.
Pain & Suffering
Non-economic damages unavailable in workers' comp, fully recoverable in a civil third-party claim.
Permanent Disability
Compensation for lasting physical limitations from serious construction injuries.
Wrongful Death
Surviving family members can recover full damages when a construction accident is fatal.
How Westwood Law Builds a Construction Accident Case
Third-party construction claims require identifying every liable party beyond your employer, and acting before the site is cleaned up.
Preserve the accident site and equipment
We photograph the hazard, document equipment identifiers, and preserve evidence of the specific condition, before repairs, demolition, or site cleanup eliminate it.
Request Cal/OSHA records
Inspection reports, citations, and investigation records for the specific site are obtained early. Prior violations by the same contractor establish a pattern of negligence that strengthens your claim.
Identify all third-party defendants
We identify every liable party beyond your employer, general contractors, subcontractors, the property owner, equipment manufacturers, and scaffold rental companies, and pursue each simultaneously.
Calculate the full gap above workers' comp
Workers' compensation covers only a portion of your losses. We document the complete economic and non-economic damage, including pain and suffering, that a third-party civil claim can recover on top of any workers' comp benefits.